A senior Israeli official told the American network NBC, today, Friday, that the chance of reaching an agreement does not exceed 50%, while Israeli television suggested that concluding a deal would lead to the dismantling of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

The political correspondent of the Hebrew channel Kan 11 commented that "the agreement is different from the one in the previous truce, and the price will be high, more difficult, and more complicated to ratify politically," and pointed out that it may lead to "the dismantling of the government."

He added that the mini-ministerial council did not receive any specific proposal for approval, and if Netanyahu agreed with the Qataris without the knowledge of the ministers, this alone could raise severe criticism within the government.

Negotiations continue on a possible exchange deal with Hamas, amid an Israeli division over it. Israeli Channel 12 had previously revealed details of the exchange deal, which included the release of an Israeli prisoner in exchange for every truce day.

According to the channel, the Israeli dispute is related to the type of Palestinian prisoners whom Israel may find itself obligated to release, and not their number.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that Hamas insists that the next deal include Marwan Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat and Abdullah Barghouti.

Meanwhile, the leaders of the occupation army expressed their approval for any prisoner exchange deal, while Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir threatened to withdraw from the government coalition if the deal was completed.